Rising Sun Inn

Join us for the Rising Sun Inn’s Historic Candlelight Holiday Tour on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Rising Sun Inn located at 1090 General’s Highway, Crownsville. Tours will be conducted between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., with the last tours starting at 8:30 p.m. The Rising Sun Inn, with a history spanning four centuries, has witnessed both public and private Christmas celebrations from the colonial era through today. Learn about this historic Inn and the Christmas traditions of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay region. While touring, enjoy a sampling...

The historic Rising Sun Inn, located at 1090 General's Hwy in Crownsville, Maryland, will be open for public touring on Sunday, June 25, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with tours beginning on the top and bottom of the hour. Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 3 - 10, and children under 3 are free. See this unique pre-colonial farmhouse and 18th century tavern, located in central Anne Arundel County along the famed Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, featuring period furnishing and artifacts as well as a one-of-a-kind...

Join the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn for a Make-Your-Own Mother’s Day Tea Cup Floral Arrangement program on Saturday, May 13 , 2023, at 1:00 p.m. at the Historic Rising Sun Inn located at 1090 General’s Highway, Crownsville. Celebrate Mother’s Day with the very special “make-your-own” event with a beautiful flower arrangement. Choose your flowers for a one-of-a-kind arrangement made by you! The price is $60.00 for one arrangement. If you want to make additional arrangements, advanced ordering is necessary. All materials and instructions are provided by professional florist,...

Come join the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn as they welcome Pasadena Paranormal back on Saturday, April 29th as they take you on a public paranormal tour of the Rising Sun Inn. They will attempt to communicate with the spirits tied to the Inn using the flashlight method, cat balls, multiple types of EMF and ultrasonic motion sensors. They will also try to capture visual evidence with the SLS camera and Infrared cameras. Sit in and conduct your own ITC sessions with the Echovox and Pasadena Paranormal ghost box...

Join the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn on April 29, 2023 when we welcome award winning author, Luke Salisbury with his book, No Common War. The book deals with issues that are fresh today—a family disagreeing on the rightness of going to war and the pain the family experiences when a son returns home, after being wounded in battle, struggling with PTSD. But No Common War isn’t about Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq, it’s about the Civil War and is based on Salisbury’s own family history. Moreau Salisbury was the...

It's tea time at the Historic Rising Sun Inn! Come join us on Saturday April 22nd for a Tea and Tour! Reserve your seat for either 11AM or 1:00PM. Tea time took place in colonial America and was held dear because of the high import costs of tea, coffee and chocolate. The Rising Sun Inn has a collection of colonial tea serving pieces, as well as a traditional tea caddy, which was kept locked by the lady of the house. Learn about this and more on a lovely guided tour...

The historic Rising Sun Inn, located at 1090 General's Hwy in Crownsville, Maryland, will be open for public touring on Sunday, April 16, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with tours beginning on the top and bottom of the hour. Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 3 - 10, and children under 3 are free. See this unique pre-colonial farmhouse and 18th century tavern, located in central Anne Arundel County along the famed Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, featuring period furnishing and artifacts as well as a one-of-a-kind...

Join the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn for our first installment in our Hopped Up! Series. This inaugural event celebrates FeBREWary and welcomes Chesepiooc Real Ale Brewery of Crofton on Saturday, February 18th with your choice of sessions starting at 1PM, 3PM or 5PM. Tickets are $45 per person or $80 per couple. Come join us to hear about the history of brewing in Colonial America and enjoy tasting a colonial beer recipe brewed as close as possible to what would have been brewed in 18th Century America. In...

Join us at the Rising Sun Inn, in Crownsville, on January 15, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., for our Tavern Talk and Tour Series. This installment will feature Heather Hook. Heather started historic reenacting in 1990. Wanting to be as authentic as possible, she ran across her first original ladies Civil War dress in an antique shop and purchased it to study. She was immediately drawn into the world of collecting originals. The Heather Hook originals collection consists of men, women and children's clothing and accessories from the years 1750-1980. The...

Join us for the Rising Sun Inn’s Historic Candlelight Ghost Stories Tour on October 14-15, 2022, at the Rising Sun Inn located at 1090 General’s Highway, Crownsville. Tours will be conducted between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., with the last tour starting at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $5.00 for children ages 3 – 8, and children under 3 are free. The Rising Sun Inn, with a history spanning four centuries, has been home to many generations of families. Learn about the lives of some of those residents...